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Married in Mid Air

Date released

8 Sep 1919

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

596

NoS ID

081107

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

SHOTLIST: 1. MS bridal couple in flying kit. [5 ft] 2. MS bride enters cockpit. [16 ft] 3. CU bride speaking into wireless telephone. [9 ft] 4. MS bride and groom. [10 ft]

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GPO Training

Date released

21 Jul 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/59

NoS ID

113174

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Training to be a GPO telephone linesman these days is rather like combat training in the Forces. Amongst the equipment are lethal looking guns and a variety of highly technical gear which adds up to time and...

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Stork Club

Date released

1 Jul 1946

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

94

NoS ID

117983

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Shot of the outside of Queen Charlotte’s Hospital. Man runs into hospital and falls over steps. Talks to nurse. Man sitting waiting. Man walks into ward and looks at a group of babies. Several pictures of...

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Longest Telephone Call in the World

Date released

26 Nov 1931

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

31/95

NoS ID

089513

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

See and hear Lord Mayor of London actually holding conversation with the Lord Mayor of Sydney - a world record - and an all-British Post Office and Amalgamated Wireless of Australia. These pictures are...

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News in a Nutshell: Telephone Time Inaugurated

Date released

27 Jul 1936

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

36/60

NoS ID

093684

Story no

7 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

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Reports: Tommy Rose’s Flight

Date released

27 Feb 1936

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

351A

NoS ID

006229

Story no

2 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tommy Rose’s Flight. SHOTLIST: Tommy Rose arriving at Capetown. Shots on the telephone and CU etc.

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David Dey on new phone company Energis (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

BT and Mercury have a new rival on the telecommunications scene as of today. New company, Energis, has pledged to undercut BT’s prices by as much as forty percent and is the first national phone system...

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Colin Brown on BT service levels (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Colin Brown, BT’s Director of Corporate Planning, on how they are doing all they can to provide a modern telephone service. He talks about prices, service, the modernisation programme, the...

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ANZCAN communication cable (1984)

Genre

News report; Special; Speech

Dickie Arbiter reports on the inauguration of the ANZCAN communication cable, the world’s longest undersea cable, linking Australia with North America. Includes announcements from the nations connected -...

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BT price rises follow record profits (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the announcement of BT price rises with telephone bills for the average household increasing by £2.20 or 4.9 percent a quarter from September. The rise follows company profits of 3.1 billion...

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